Recording reviews – Page 14
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ReviewNeyza Copa (violin, direction): Fontana
Colourful evocations bring an Italian early Baroque composer to life
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ReviewAlexander Chaushian: Armenian Cello Concertos
Armenian artists champion the music of their homeland
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ReviewConcert review: Paul Huang (violin) Taiwan Philharmonic/Jun Märkl
Leah Hollingsworth attends the pereformance of Ke-Chia Chen, Bruch and Mendelssohn at David Geffen Hall on 21 April 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Belcea Quartet, Bertrand Chamayou (piano)
Tim Homfray heas the performance of Shostakovich and Franck at London’s Wigmore Hall on 13 April 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Lucy Fitz Gibbon (soprano) Alexi Kenney, Lun Li (violins) Hélène Clément, Tanner Menees (viola) Yi Qun Xu (cello) William Langlie-Miletich (double bass)
Bruce Hodges visits Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society for Mendelssohn, Wiancko, Kurtág, Kirsten and Beethoven on 12 April 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Isabelle Faust (violin) Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Carlos Maria Solare visits Berlin’s Pierre Boulez Saal for a concert of Mozart, Sainte-Colombe, Kurtág and Martinů on 1 March 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Kristina Blaumane (cello) Richard Waters (viola) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski
Peter Quantrill attends a performance of Mozart and Strauss at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 22 April 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Golda Schultz (soprano) Boston Symphony Orchestra/Andris Nelsons
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Sibelius, Mozart and Thomas Adès at New York’s Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, on 25 April 2023
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ReviewBook review: The Handy Double Bassist: Maintenance, adjustments and minor repairs for the non-luthier
Double bass maker Mitch Moehring reads Arnold Schnitzer’s book for players on looking after their instrument
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ReviewBook review: Highway Cello
Ruth Hallows reviews cellist Kenneth Wilson’s account of cycling from the UK to Rome with his instrument in tow
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ReviewBook review: If You Only Knew: The Autobiography of violinist David Garrett
Tully Potter reviews the memoir of superstar violinist David Garrett
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ReviewConcert review: Lawrence Power (viola/violin) Sergio Bucheli (lute)
Tim Homfray goes to hear a recital of Buxtehude, Matteis, Fazil Say, Westhoff, Berio and Marais at London’s Wigmore Hall on 24 April 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Abel Selaocoe (cello/voice) Seckou Keita (kora) Sidiki Dembele (percussion) Chineke! Orchestra/Kazem Abdullah
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Sowande, Coleridge-Taylor and Selaocoe’s own work at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 12 May 2023
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Signum Quartet: Lebensmuth
Early and late Schubert, persuasively performed
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Richard Boothby, Asako Morikawa: Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger
A viol master puts a bass instrument in the spotlight
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Violinist Kerson Leong: Britten, Bruch
An emerging artist proves his mettle in an unorthodox programme